Isotope near 'doubly magic' tin-100 flouts conventional wisdom
Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 15:21
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- Tin may seem like the most unassuming of elements, but experiments performed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are yielding surprising properties in extremely short-lived isotopes near tin-100's "doubly magic" nucleus.